The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2050
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
8:31 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1580
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 322.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 10.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.88° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.47° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.